Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-11-26
Local Itemss

AA bcNh Oh ''SNAs'J' Mir. J. M. Ochoa has received large new stock of fine holiday goods. MT. W. Y. Price came in from the Represita ranch on Thursday. Next Thursday night Ivanhoe Legion No. 2, Select Knights, will elect officers for the ensuing year.
 The Alamo Amarillo ditch has been put in splendid condition for service and is again ready for the water.
 Mir. Jacob Suter, of Pinal, returned home on Tuesday after completing job of roofing at Casa Grande.
 The Odd Fellows are making consider able progress towards the preliminary steps to organize lodge in Florence.
 Mir. A. Redeuill, the piano agent and tuner, of Vallejo, Cal, in town this week on his regular semi-annual visit. MT. w. H. Sutherland and family have been in town during the pres ent week from their ranch above Dripping Springs.
 Sam Drachman, of Tucson, not only sells the best cigars in the Territory, but is agent for the Louisiana Lottery and will sell tickets that win. The rains of che week found congenial diversion in trckling through the mud roots of many house in Florence to the disgust of tidy housewives.
 Miss Hattie Elbel, of South Bend, Indiana, arrived this week and will spend I M nohou whn is former acquaintance.
 See notice elsewhere of one of the most desirable tracts of land in the valley for sale. A good bargain will be given party who means business.
 Mr. F. S. Haas, representing Messrs. l.. Zeckendorf & Co.,, of Tucson, made the Florence m erchants business visit this week and took many orders.
 In the notice of the redemption of warrants on the contingent fund the wrong series was given in last weeks pub hcation. It should read series of 1885. M-. R. H. Martin calls attention to his corral and livery facilities in anadver- tisement to-day. He keeps outfits for all livery purposes and charges reasona- ole hire.
 MT. c. w. Tillman has purchased Chas. Lewis lease on the Jacobs build ing on the west side of Main street, and he will put the premises in good order for rent or occupation.
 MT. c. H. Webber returned on Thurs day from trip to Globe and went on to his home at Tucson. He was glad to get out of the storm in the mountains into the warm valleys and sunshine.
 The ENTERPRISE is under obligations to Mrs. Jere Fryer for files of Chicago and Detroit newspapers containing full re ports of the anarchists hanging, and to MT. s. J. Levey for files of Honolulu papers
 Mr. Brady's new Touring mill is turn ing out an excellent quality of flour. H. is not quite satisfied with it, however and will still further improve it, with thu intention of producing the best flour il the Territory.
 An eastern paper says that cup of ho milk into which a spoonful of grount ginger has been stirred will etectivel, break up the chills if taken just as one i coming on. It is a simple remedy an Is worthy trying.
 Messrs. F. c. Calderon and s. J. Leve, are conducting the business affairs of tn late J. D. Rittenhouse with ability an satisfaction They are both active an attentive young business men and are al ways courteous and obliging
 Omer Richie, the infant son of Ome
 M n ..1.. -lo morning, aged seven days. The funers took place from the residence of Mir. W H. Merritt on Thursday afternoon Hon. P. R. Brady read the Episcop; burial service over the remains.
 The farmers are all busy with their fa planting and but few of them are see m town nowodays. A greater area land will be brought under cultivate than ever before in this valley and tl acreage of alfalfa will be largely increa ed.
 A very pleasant Thanksgiving dam was given in the court house Thurs ]: night, which was attended by all the s ciety folks who enjoy the giddy whirl. was grand success and lasted long in the wee sma' hours, interrupted only refreshments at. the Florence hotel.
 There was a washout near Gila BeI on Wednesday night which delayed u east bound train. The west bound tra was held at Tucson till Thursday nor ing and consequently no mails reach here that day. It was the occasion of genuine thanksgiving with variations many who expected mail.
 An eastern gentleman who had hea SO much of the very dry climate of sout ern Arizona reached Florence few ds ago just as the rain clouds were gath ing. He experienced all the hilar such a wet spell afforded and at last counts he had arrived at the unalteral conviction that Arizonians are the m consummate prevaricators in the wor de had been four days in dry ArizC and it rained all the time.
 Mir F. E. McCrary has expressed ability to build and complete brick ( tages upon contract at prices that may considered very low for this section the country. For a thousand dollars
 will agree to erect neat four room br house of fair size, which is but sli advance on the cost of an adobe str